TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
Tunggul Wulung airport short of flights
The Tunggul Wulung Airport had been operating below capicity since 2007, serving chartered and transit flights only, airport head Emiel Taufik said recently
Change Size
The Tunggul Wulung Airport had been operating below capicity since 2007, serving chartered and transit flights only, airport head Emiel Taufik said recently.
Owned and operated by the Calacap regency administration, the airport has a 1,400-meter long and 30-meter wide runway capable of handling twin-turboprop aircraft such as the Indonesian-made CN-235 and Dutch-made Fokker F-27.
"The airport still served regular flights operated by state-owned Merpati Nusantara Airlines until 2006," Emiel told The Jakarta Post.
"But I don't know why Merpati stopped its flights after only two years."
Emiel said that back then, the load factor was quite good at about 60 percent.
"We are always ready for the airport to serve commercial flights again," he said.
"In addition to chartered flights, the Indonesian Military and National Police often use the aiport."
The Tunggul Wulung was first built by state-owned oil and gas company PT Pertamina with a runway of 660 meters. It has been operational since 1978.
The airport was then transferred to the Transportation Ministry in 1989 to serve commercial flights.
With the 1999 Regional Autonomy Law being implemented in 2001, the Cilacap regency administration tried to claim authority over the airport for several years.
Built on a 43-hectare plot of land, the airport has a roller-coaster-like record as many airlines have failed to sustain a long-term presence.
